OHCHR study on the relationship between climate change and human rights: Submissions and reference documents received

OHCHR has received below submissions in response to a request sent to States, inter-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions, and civil society organizations for relevant information, including on:

Assessments at national or regional level of the impact of climate change (experienced or anticipated) on human lives and on populations most affected and vulnerable, including on the enjoyment of human rights;

Studies carried out at national level, including by independent research institutions, on the relationship between climate change and human rights;

Projects and measures at national level to mitigate or adapt to climate change, including information on any assessments of the impact of such projects and measures on affected populations and their human rights;

Views on the relationship between obligations arising out of international climate conventions and international human rights treaties, including on international assistance and cooperation;

Examples of support to mitigate and adapt to climate change through international assistance and cooperation, bilaterally and through multilateral institutions, including assessments of their human rights impact.

Background information for the study was also provided by the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), United Nations Children's Funds (UNICEF) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).